Almost 25,000 people who live in the Canadian province of Alberta have been evacuated as wildfires rage across the region, which is seeing abnormally hot weather and high winds, emergency ...

Montreal — Western Canada's spreading wildfires prompted fresh evacuation orders on Sunday as authorities registered over 100 active blazes.Around 30,000 people have been told to leave their ...

Firefighters battling a blaze in a remote northern Alberta community were temporarily trapped Thursday as raging wildfires closed in on communities across the province, forcing thousands to flee.

Item 1 of 3 Smoke rises from wildfire SWF076, which has prompted a one-hour evacuation notice for the nearby town of Swan Hills, Alberta, Canada in an aerial photograph May 25, 2025.

A provincewide state of emergency was declared in Alberta as more than 110 wildfires burned across the province, while two out-of-control wildfires burned in British Columbia.

Alberta Wildfire, via Reuters. By Ian Austen Amber Bracken and Vjosa Isai. May 9, 2023. ... That wildfire forced the rapid evacuation of more than 90,000 people, ...

Alberta wildfires: evacuation orders, fire bans and wildfire status. By Caley Gibson Global News Posted April 25, 2024 3:24 pm. Updated May 7, 2024 6:58 pm. 2 min read.

The wildfires have already prompted a mandatory evacuation order for the town of Swan Hills, Canadian media reported. Per the Alberta authorities , 48% of the wildfires are under control, with ...

Fire restrictions were in effect for the High Level Forest Area and entire Fort McMurray forest area, where wildfire danger was extreme, Alberta's wildfire agency said. Fire restrictions limit ...

With forest fires continuing to spread in Canada’s oil-patch hub in the province of Alberta, evacuation efforts on Friday will focus on areas north of the hard-hit town of Fort McMurray.

Almost 25,000 people who live in the Canadian province of Alberta have been evacuated as wildfires rage across the region, which is seeing abnormally hot weather and high winds, emergency ...